Revell vs Airfix Bugatti EB110

[M4tt83]

Does anyone know which company makes the best Bugatti EB110 in terms of accuracy, detail, and quality of moulding?

Also where can I buy the Revell or Heller kits if one of those is best.

[mel79]

I haven't seen the Heller Bugatti, but I bought the Revell kit two years ago. The Revell kit has quite high parts count and detail level, but unfortunately it has(or my kit had atleast) some awful fit problems. Body parts are moulded in brittle blue plastic and those parts were badly warped in my kit. Quality of moulding varies from reasonably good in engine parts etc to below average in body parts. Same can be said about detail level. It's as if the body and engine & interior were designed by different people.

I believe you can build a reasonably accurate replica of the EB110 from the kit, but even assembling it straight from the box will need much more work than the Japanese kits these days. I haven't touched my project for a long time as I got fed up with the warped parts and fit problems of the body. Maybe my kit had been too long in the shop or I just had bad luck, but I recommend you check the contents before buying to avoid getting too twisted kit.

-Mikko